Downtown High School: Not a Choice

A.C.T.’s Education and Community Programs Department and Downtown High School’s Acting for Critical Transformations Project present an original piece of theater written and performed by the students. This performance brings students’ learning, research, personal journeys, and perspectives to life at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater.

American Conservatory Theater and Downtown High School present: Not a Choice

How does one of the wealthiest cities in the country have one of the largest populations of unhoused people in the nation? While San Francisco has tried to address this problem for decades, the solutions have yet to truly meet people’s needs. 

This semester students in the Acting for Critical Transformations (ACT) Project at Downtown High School examined the Houselessness crisis in San Francisco and its underlying causes. Their show, Not a Choice, features pieces written by the students that educate us about the roots of the crises and offer us ways the city of San Francisco can support those most affected. Come, be inspired, and be part of the change!

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Written and performed by students in Downtown High School's Acting for Critical Transformations Project

Directors: Sierra Gonzalez, Robert Coverdell, and Maurisa Thompson

Co-Producers: Natalie Greene and Rebecca Ennals

Production Manager: Mike Anderburg

Stage Managers: Anthony Lopez and Nick Reulbach

Choreographer: Antwan Davis

Lighting Design: Stephen Migdal

Costume Design: Anelisa Armijo Montoya and Robert Coverdell

Scenic Design: Maurisa Thompson

Sound Design: Sierra Gonzalez

Projection Design: Maurisa Thompson

Prop Design: Sierra Gonzalez

Additional support: Andre Douglass, Amanda Boesen, Lucy Gosline-Ratliff, Tony Manalo, 826 Valencia tutors and volunteers, Megan McClintock and A.C.T. Costume Director Jessie Amoroso.

Performances: Friday December 13th, 1:30pm & Saturday December 14th, 1:30pm

Location: The Rembe at A.C.T.'s Strand Theatre, 1127 Market Street, SF

Limited audience capacity. RSVP now to reserve your seats!

826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students from under-resourced communities in San Francisco with their creative and expository writing skills. Learn more about 826 Valencia at 826valencia.org.

Education & Community Programs support generously provided by Amazon, Bank of America, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, California Arts Council, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Hearst Foundations, Laird Norton Family Foundation, The Kimball Foundation, Koret Foundation, Rawley T. Farnsworth Fellowship Fund, San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, The Sato Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Martin Tannenbaum/Gerald B. Rosenstein Estate, and U.S. Bank

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